{"id":385,"date":"2012-09-12T10:06:05","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T05:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/?p=385"},"modified":"2012-09-12T10:06:05","modified_gmt":"2012-09-12T05:36:05","slug":"1975-afghanistan-1313-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/?p=385","title":{"rendered":"1975 Afghanistan &#8211; 13\/13 &#8211; UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I managed to visit with two people that I had met on the 1973 trip. I ran across Jim McDonough quite by accident in Istanbul. Hilary English was back in Oxford visiting her parents and I got a chance to see some of the highlights of that city with her as a local tour guide.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_386\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/0170-Channel-crossing-antennas.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-386\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-386\" title=\"Channel Crossing - Antennas\" src=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/0170-Channel-crossing-antennas-693x1024.jpg\" alt=\"0170 Channel crossing - antennas\" width=\"584\" height=\"862\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/0170-Channel-crossing-antennas-693x1024.jpg 693w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/0170-Channel-crossing-antennas-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-386\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The one photo from the channel crossing was based on my long standing interest in RF. These are the radar antennas on the ferry.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_387\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/0171-Oxford-traveling-light.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-387\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-387\" title=\"Oxford - Traveling light\" src=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/0171-Oxford-traveling-light-1024x696.jpg\" alt=\"0171 Oxford - traveling light\" width=\"584\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/0171-Oxford-traveling-light-1024x696.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/0171-Oxford-traveling-light-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I still have the leather bag I bought for this trip. It would be harder today to pack for an international trip of indefinite length and carry only what fits into this bag.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_388\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/0174-London-at-dusk.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-388\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-388\" title=\"London at Dusk\" src=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/0174-London-at-dusk-1024x713.jpg\" alt=\"0174 London at dusk\" width=\"584\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/0174-London-at-dusk-1024x713.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/0174-London-at-dusk-300x209.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/0174-London-at-dusk-430x300.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">London at Dusk<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_389\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/0175-Industrial-London.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-389\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-389\" title=\"Industrial London\" src=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/0175-Industrial-London-722x1024.jpg\" alt=\"0175 Industrial London\" width=\"584\" height=\"828\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/0175-Industrial-London-722x1024.jpg 722w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/0175-Industrial-London-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-389\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Industrial London<\/p><\/div>\n<p>From the UK, it was time to travel back to the US. I would not visit Afghanistan again until July of 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I managed to visit with two people that I had met on the 1973 trip. I ran across Jim McDonough quite by accident in Istanbul. 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